given how much stuff with the horrible stuff, in libya and afghanistan and obama not knowing the size of the national debt, if obama is still up by this many points, i don't know what romney is going to to do to make it up. >> all of the key battle ground states, the president is pulling ahead. some of the states that went for obama last time that should be natural gifts for republicans like north carolina and colorado are now, at least colorado is move nook the obama column -- moving into the obama column. and the pathway for romney to get to the 270 is much steeper. he is probably 60 or 70 votes short. the president is only 33 votes short. if the president captures florida, ohio, virginia, almost one of those, certainly two of those, and in virginia, you now see the president pulling ahead, and bringing along the senate candidate tim kaine with him. and the momentum is really with obama right now. now, whether la is going to last, we don't know. but romney has a lot to worry about. >> to whom does obama have to be grateful for making it appear that he, obama, pulled the chest nuts o